Sat, 09 Dec 2017 12:17:19 -0500WeeblyMon, 16 Nov 2015 00:06:24 GMThttp://www.susanescence.com/blog/ask-and-it-shall-be-given-to-youAsk and it shall be given you; Seek and ye shall find; Knock and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8)

Do you know that if you ask the LORD for something and it is sincerely coming from your heart, you shall receive it? I remembered the day when I surrendered my life completely to GOD; I was at the end of myself. I was struggling to get my life together. I felt unloved, rejected, and depressed. I couldn't quite put it together. It was funny because I could go to work and did an excellent job at work but when I came home, I couldn't get anything done. I watched QVC, HSN, and JTV a lot and have ordered so many items because that made me happy for a moment. I was fortunate enough that I did not fall into drinking like some people I know and I did not start taking any kind of drugs, pain pills, like others because that would have been devastated. I just like to shop. At least I can still get my money back on all the things I bought, lol. I actually gave a lot of the jewelry & handbags away to people I know who could really use it and it makes me happy to see them happy. I've given up taking anti depressant back in 2010-2011 because I didn't think it was really helping, so I decided to quit taking it one day and never looked back. I wasn't on it that long. You must take control of your life and not let any substance take control of you. But I noticed that doctors will give you samples for you to try for a month, just enough time for you to get hook on it. And one day in January of 2013, I guess I was feeling sorry for myself and started crying and was hyperventilating. I couldn't catch my breath, so I called Eric and he wanted to come home to be with me, but I told him that I was going to be ok. But I wasn't ok, I started praying and got down on my knees crying my eyes out and I cried out to God. I remembered saying, "God, I tried everything on my own and nothing went right. I've tried everything on my own but nothing went right. I tried to make things right but it only went worse; I've always treated people with respect and kindness, minded my own business but why are there people who are so difficult? Why do people get envious when you do your job correctly? Why do people try to get people in trouble? Why is my marriage failing? Why is everything falling apart? I was asking all the Why's. So, I reached out to God and said, "From now on, I turn my life over to you; I give you control of my life. Please forgive me of all my sins, guide me, protect me, and give me a sign that you truly exist." I fell asleep and when I woke up in the morning, I got saved (born again) and my depression was gone and my mind was at peace. I have never experience such peace and a sound mind. I knew that it was God; I was healed instantly, and I was jumping up and down rejoicing and thanking the LORD. I ran to Eric and told him that I was healed from my depression and my mind was at peace. My mind was constantly thinking & worrying; I couldn't shut it down. However, that day I felt the most divine peace and He made me feel His love for months. I got saved that day and on Valentine's day, I received the "The Gift of God" message from Jesus. I am a living testimony and no one can ever changed my mind or persuade me that it did not happen because it did. And I am living proof of that. I then told my husband about the message and he didn't believe it at first. But when he saw that it was a hand written message, he made a comment about it being handwritten. He started reading it, and he was just in awe, just like I was. I am reaching to all of you out there to please reach out to God; ask Him to forgive you and then ask Jesus to come into your heart. When you do this sincerely from your heart, you will be saved. You will not know or understand what is being saved means until you get saved. The scripture in the book of Romans 10:9 proved to be true. It says that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." And that is exactly how I got saved.

]]>Sat, 26 Sep 2015 20:34:54 GMThttp://www.susanescence.com/blog/the-importance-of-speaking-gods-words"I will not die but live and declare the works of God." Psalms 118:17

The scripture above played a big part of why I'm still here today despite the storm that I went through. I was diagnosed with a fast growing breast cancer, stage 3, in August 2013 and it had already metastisized to one of my lymph nodes. It measured 6 cm long and it was a fast growing cancer. But for some reason, I was not afraid. If anything, I was very positive and knew that God was with me and still is with me. I did not tell no one about it except my family & a friend and I told my family as well not to tell anyone because for some reason I knew the importance of being positive. I didn't want any negative words spoken over my condition. You see, before I was diagnosed, God had equipped me with the daily devotional book called "From Faith To Faith" by Kenneth & Gloria Copeland and "God's Creative Power For Healing" by Charles Capps. I got saved in January 2013 and shortly after that my friends and I head down to a Christian Book Store in Kannapolis and something told me to get those books so I did and it was the most important decision I've ever made because it helped me a lot not only with the trials and tribulation but it also built my faith and made me stronger. There were many times that I received guidance on circumstances I faced with everyday and came right on time. The timing was so amazing that only a divine God could possibly have made it happened. During that time, I was diligently seeking Him (and still is) and reading my Bible and Inspirational books that He allowed me to have and obeying the things He asked me to do. I recalled reading the Bible 'till 4:00 or 5:00 AM in the morning with a flashlight under my blanket to try and not disturb my husband. I was thirsty for the Word; I wanted to know more about the LORD. But I didn't know or understand a whole lot about His Kingdom yet, then.

I recalled in 2013, my husband and I were on our way to CMC to have a meeting with doctors, I was looking through God's Creative Power For Healing by Charles Capps and asked God in my head, "Why does the Bible and inspirational books all say to meditate on your Word, Lord?" "Why is it so important to speak and meditate on your Word?" He led me to a scripture in Hebrew 11:3 ~The worlds were framed by the Word of God. Creation took place every time God spoke. Then I realized that day at that right moment the importance of speaking His Words for it to be engrafted or infused into my spirit and once it was infused, it takes control over your flesh bringing it in agreement and in lined with the Word of God. The scripture that He told me to concentrate and meditate on was Psalms 118:17 ~"I shall not die but live and declare the works of the LORD." Then our Pastor told me the same scripture when I went to church that Sunday. God confirmed what He told me through our Pastor. So I spoke that scripture every single day and all the other healing scriptures in that book and I am a living testimony today that it works. God's Word got engrafted and infused into my spirit and I was saying His Word without looking. Then on December 24, 2013, I was sitting at the Duke Cancer Center waiting for my husband parked our car, and it was the day of my surgery, the Spirit of God spoke to me and told me that I did it; that His Words were engrafted in me and I remembered tears rolling down my face as God's Spirit squeezed below my stomach so tightly as if I was pushing to have a baby. And instead of a mastectomy, my doctor just took out tissues from where the cancer was to examine and to make sure that it's not there anymore. The test result showed no signs of cancer and I am now cancer FREE since April of 2015. So what I am saying to you is that if you are in that same situation, do not give up. Fight the good fight of FAITH. Speak God's Words until it is engrafted into your spirit and takes root and once it is engrafted, no one can take it away from you. Then, keep praising God and give thanks to Him every single day that you are alive and consider it done even though it doesn't look that way in the physical because what you are really doing is calling things that are not yet manifested as though they were until they are. Our Lord Jesus overcame the world 2,000 years ago for us, so therefore, when you call yourself healed, you are callling what is already established in the Spiritual realm. And if you continue to speak God's Word, you will eventually see it manifest in the physical. God has already given you that right to exercise authority over your body. You have to feed and train your spirit to say it the way God said it in His Word. I am a living testimony that meditating, hearing, and speaking His Word works. So I urge you to start now. Have a blessed day!

Reading: Hebrew 11:3, Romans 10:17, Romans 4:17

]]>Sat, 01 Aug 2015 19:58:22 GMThttp://www.susanescence.com/blog/showing-partialityBut if you show partiality, you commit sin, and convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever shall keep the whole law and yet stumble in one, he is guilty of all. James 2:9-10

What is our purpose in life? That's a good question. For me, my purpose in life was to be happy, find the love of my life and build a solid foundation for my own family. It sounds so easy, but it's not that easy to do because there are always difficulties and obstacles along the way. Some women find an easier way to life is to marry a man who's wealthy. I guess with all sincerity there is nothing wrong with that as long as that's what makes you happy. But sometimes all the money in the world is not the answer to happiness. When you think you have everything you could ever wish for, but yet, deep inside you still feel there's something missing in your life. Let me tell you my mother and my father's story as an example.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. We were poor. My dad and my mom weren't rich, but we were always happy. My dad was a fisherman and he was the mayor's bodyguard for many years in a little province called, Carmen in Cebu. It was where they chose to live to get away from the city. My father's dad, Faustino was educated and according to my father, he worked as an interpreter during World War II. When my dad met my mother, it was love at first sight. My dad knew that she was the one for him. The only difference was that he was poor and my mother came from a rich family. According to my father, when my dad asked my mother's father for his daughter's hand in marriage, the first thing that my grandfather asked was, "How are you going to feed my daughter when you eat grits and we eat rice?" "We are rich and you are poor?" If you can imagine what went through my father's mind when my mother's father asked him those questions. It was pretty bold and straight forward of him to have said that, but he cared for his daughter. With great respect, my father humbly told him that he loved his daughter very much and promised him that he will never let his daughter work in her life for as long as he was alive. And my father kept that promise. He was a man of his word.

When they moved from the city to a little province called Carmen, my father worked as a bodyguard for the Mayor of that town for many years. My mother was not allowed to tell her father or anyone about his job for the sake of my father's safety. My father was always secretive about his job so no one would know where my father lived. For that reason my mother's father never knew and always thought less of him. As a little girl, I still remembered the many times the mayor came to pick him up in a jeep when they had to go to Leyte to harvest rice, one of his many assignments. But the great thing about my father's job was that the mayor would give my dad a big sack of rice as payment & to show how appreciative he was of my father, but he would never take it. He kept his integrity. He would change his clothes & went fishing. That is how we survived. They would wait until he went fishing or if he was not at home, and they would dropped it off.

My mother was a good person and never talked bad about anyone. She had a heart of gold. She never participated in gossip. She lived her life minding her own business. She lived a happy life because she married the person that she loved. Growing up, I always saw my father play the guitar and my mother would sing and we would gather around singing along with them. So music played a big part of my life growing up. After my father died, my sister told me that she would catch my mother singing their song, "Matud Nila" which means "So They Said" and she would cry in the kitchen by herself. There's meaning to that song that only my mom and my dad would know. So I've learned in their love & life story that money and being rich is not of importance as long as they love each other and put God in control of their lives that they would never go hungry. She was also a prayer warrior, she prayed in Spanish and Italian. She read the Bible written in Spanish language translation, for she was fluent in Spanish. She told me once that she got my name from the Spanish Bible and so are the rest of my siblings. I have never read the Spanish Bible myself, but it sure is good to know that she read the Holy Bible because it's not just a book, it's a way of life. It is the book of knowledge and all the answers you are looking for is in that book even today. Everything is written for us to follow to help us survive in this world and that prayers play a big role in our lives to help us overcome any hardship and obstacles that may come our way. So in conclusion, I can honestly and humbly say that their love for each other and putting their trust in God brought joy and happiness in their lives and instilled in us the importance of love because their love stood the test of time. I have found that void and that missing part of my life. It is our Lord Jesus Christ and His heavenly Father and I thank God for the gift of salvation. He is our purpose in life because God is love and eternal and He completes me. I was once lost just like a lot of you out there. I was misled and deceived for so long. You see, Satan's job is to blind you from seeing the Word of God. His main job is to confused and destroy families with depression, addictions, illnesses, and eventually suicide or murder. I also found during my trials and tribulation that the enemy uses people to set you up for failure and that is how I found out why my life went the way it was but I thanked God for those people because they played a big role in my life. It was what brought me back to our Lord Jesus Christ. I came to the end of myself and often times, that's what needs to happen in order to get saved. Now, I pray for those people.

I realized that I couldn't do it on my own and that I needed God's assistance on everything, so I reached out to Him and when I did, I found absolute divine Peace, Love, and Joy. God's Love for us is so immense and immeasureable that all he wants is our love in return and for us to pray, and to be obedient and trust in Him to get you through difficulties and obstacles. God's scriptures are our weapon against the unseen forces of darkness that surrounds us. So take the step to Salvation and redemption by turning yourself over to God. He has great plans for each of us. When you choose God and put Him in control of your life, He will never let you down. I got saved in January 2013. To be saved, you have to choose God and accept and believe in your heart that His son, our Lord Jesus Christ is our savior. All you have to do is ask for his help and guidance and confess all your sins by mouth to our Heavenly Father and then ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart on your own free will and straight from your heart with sincerity and you'll be saved. Have a blessed day! :)

Romans 10:9​ (NLT)If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved​.

]]>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:14:15 GMThttp://www.susanescence.com/blog/gods-perfect-timing"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with my eye." (Psalm 32:8)

I would like to start by letting you know that I had a little booth at Blacklion for years and last February 2013, I decided to get out of retail and take some time off. For some reason, they did not give me my deposit back. I made an effort of calling and sending emails to certain people but to no success. And shortly after that, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Soon I was concentrating on my treatments, but I made a promise to God that If I ever get that deposit back that I would give it straight to charity. After almost two years, I finally received a check in the mail from them in the amount of $150. But because I promised God that I would give it to charity, I donated $50 to church. Then, I bought two Subway and one Walmart gift cards, which I used two to give away at the Church Christmas Party by way of raffle tickets. I bought two remote control cars for two boy's Christmas wish list, so I still had one Subway gift card left. So I thought I got all that taken care of. It felt good to be able to give and help out. God, however, had another plan for that money. It started out at the Christian Mission Center on Friday, December 19, 2014, where I work as a volunteer in the Food Pantry. My job is to register people in the system and check them in and give them a food voucher/number. A man who was mute came in and needed help with his December rent. In his written note, he introduced himself as a mute ministry pastor and that he needed help with his December rent. He said that he lost his rent money and he needed over $300 to cover the rest of his rent for the month of December. According to him. the United Methodist Church gave $100 and that he would really appreciate it if he could get some help from the mission. He said that he walked from Statesville all the way to the Christian Mission Center and he had blisters on his feet. Because it was his first time there, his name was not in the system. I turned him over to the Food Pantry leader. They prepared an emergency box of food for him. The food pantry leader worked with him but because it was nearing the end of the day, he wasn't able to finish filling out his application. I didn't think they had the funds to give him what he wanted. They couldn't find someone to take him home, so I volunteered to take him home. However, the food pantry leader prefer that a male should take him home. Somehow, I felt I needed to help him and I wished there was something I could do to help. I also understood where he is coming from because I have a younger sister who's a handicap, and she depends on my father's social security retirement every month. It was time for me to leave, but before I left, I wrote a note to him saying that I might be able to help him and asked him to write his address down. I went home but I didn't feel right about it. On Christmas day, I was sitting on the couch watching TV and I thought about that man. Something tells me I had to do something to help him. So I called my son's girlfriend and asked if she would come with me and she said, "Yes". I also felt that tug coming from my heart and the squeezing below my belly and tears started to well up. I picked a Christmas Card and one of my handmade jewelry for his daughter because he had mentioned that he had a daughter. I also had one gift card left and one gift bag of goodies under the tree so it was perfect. I can give it to him. To make a long story short, my son's girlfriend was not able to go with me because she had to go to a Christmas Party, but it didn't discourage me from going. If anything, I was more determined to go and it became a mission. I called my husband at work to see if he can go with me. He said that he was off the next day and that he would come with me but for some reason I told him, "It can't wait till tomorrow; it has to be done today." So he said he would come with me in a squad car but if they get a call, he had to leave immediately. So I drove heading towards Troutman on Hwy 115 and as I was about to get on I-77, the LORD confirmed to me that I was doing the right thing and on the right track by squeezing right below my stomach so tightly and tears rolled down my face. I call it tears of love and joy. So it didn't take long, we found his apartment and he let us in. I already wrote everything I was going to say to him in a piece of paper. I gave it to him and he told me that he remembered me from the Christian Mission Center and I gave him the gift bag and told him, "Merry Christmas!" He pulled everything that was inside and then thanked us. Then I asked him if he ever collected enough money for his December rent? He looked at me and the expression on his face indicated that he did not get enough money for his rent, but he did get more money from another Church. So I asked him how much do you still need? He took my paper and he wrote down $150 and I was in awe because that is the exact amount of my deposit and I was getting a nudge in my heart to give him that money so I wrote him a check and told him that God wanted me to give you this money. It was meant for my husband to be there to witness everything with his own eyes and to see how God used me to give that man that money. And of all the days, God chose Christmas day to give to someone in need. It felt so good to be able to help and to make someone's Christmas brighter. Then when we left, my husband asked me, "Do you feel better now?" and I said, "Yup!"

What did I learn from all this? I learned the importance of being obedient by listening to the Lord's instructions that He put in my heart. I ended up giving more than a $150 and that was because I didn't wait on the Lord. I learned that I must always wait on the Lord, and obey His instructions. Sometimes making hasty decision and reacting too fast can cause us to move in a path that is not in line with the will of God for us. I really believe that He was doing something amazing in the Spiritual realm because of it being on Christmas Day. The LORD is awesome and amazing and I am so glad that my husband, Eric and I were a part of it.​

This is how I see it: I was a slave of sins before I got saved and after I got saved, I was enlightened and became slaves of righteousness.​

Luke 5:19 (NKJV) For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners (Adam),so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous (Christ).

]]>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:05:33 GMThttp://www.susanescence.com/blog/how-to-install-linksys-ae1000-high-performance-wireless-n-usb-adapter"HOW TO INSTALL LINKSYS AE1000 HIGH PERFORMANCE WIRELESS-N USB ADAPTER"Today, we are going to talk about Cisco-Linksys AE1000 High-Performance Wireless-N USB Adapter that I use on my ASUS desktop to connect to my Cisco Wireless Router and lets you access the Internet wirelessly. I bought this 2-3 years ago, because I didn’t want to hard wired the cables to connect to my Home Network. Let's face it, too many wires laying around the house do not look good and you could potentially trip on them and fall. So if you don't want to see too many cables around the house, this is a great way of eliminating them. This is real easy to install. It comes with a CD (Setup Software & Documentation) that will walk you through the installation process.

If you do not see this, open the CD and double-click Setup. Note: If the setup does not start automatically, you may have to refer to instructions on how to set it up manually.Step 3: Follow on-screen instructions to install your Linksys Adapter.

Plug your Linksys Adapter to any available USB Port on your computer and you're done. I love the fact that there's no cables or wires and internet connection is still at a maximum speed like it should be. Anybody should be able to do this, so don't be afraid to do it yourself. If I can do it, so can you.

What is the gift of salvation? The best way to explain it is to go back 2,000 years ago when God sent His only begotten son to save us from sin, sickness, disease, poverty, lack, and everything else that has ever come against humanity before the Lord Jesus Christ hung on the cross and died for us. After he gave His life and died on the cross, He rose again on the 3rd day. It was then that we were redeemed from the curse. It was then, that we are all entitled to receive the gift of salvation. God's will is for all of us to be saved on Jesus Christ second coming. The way to do that is to take time on your own free will and from the very sincere core of your heart, ask our Heavely Father to forgive you of all yours sins, then ask His son our Lord Jesus Christ to come into your heart. By doing so, you are saved and become born again and you are choosing God as Lord of your life. You are surrendering yourself, and your life over to Him and making a commitment that you will walk in His ways and trust in Him completely, and let Him guide you every step of the way. Being born again simply means that you are born from above. We all had a physical birth through our mother but this is a spiritual birth from above (born of the spirit). That is what the Gift of Salvation is all about, is to be born again and you'll have a new heart, a new beginning, a new life. Put your past behind you and start new. And that is why Jesus Christ came to earth to do what Adam didn't do 6,000 years ago. The Gift Of Salvation is available to all humanity; it's there for you when you are ready to turn yourself over to God and choose Him as Lord of your life. No one can force you to do this and that is why God gave us free will. He said it doesn't matter what you have done in sin-bad-wrong things until now. He will take you as you are. It says so in His letter. He loves you, and he is waiting on you with an out stretched arms. He will take you under His wings and shelter and cover you with His love. He loves you uncondionally. Click on the link to see His message: http://youtube/3B_U1TMAOaAI've experienced the Gift Of Salvation in January of this year. I got saved. When I turned myself over to Him, I asked God to give me a sign that He truly exist and I was healed from the condition of health I was in and received the gift of salvation all at the same time when I woke up the next day. I experienced the most divine peace of mind that I have never experienced or felt before. It was the most amazing thing! Then a few weeks later, I received "The Gift Of God" letter, handwritten from our Lord Jesus Christ February 14, 2013. His scriptures and His promises are so REAL and TRUE. He will not forsake you. I am now certain that God is so real, and I believe the Holy Bible & all of God's scriptures and His promises, and the following scripture below just confirmed that if you ask, you shall received whatever you ask for: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." (Matthew 7:7-6)He wants His message to reach as many people as possible and through Blog or at YouTube, it is possible to do that. I encourage you to read the bible from your heart and not from the flesh. Take it easy and have a sweet and lovely day! God bless you. :)

Hello there! This is my first post in an effort to kick off my website “Susanescence”. I have been working on this website for a good 3 to 4 months now. However, things didn’t fall into place until recently. Due to personal experience, I quickly learned that it’s a very challenging world out there, and there are going to be difficult people with different opinions. We just have to try and get along with everyone. People should try not to hurt other people's feelings or image. I encourage people to change their ways, have a change of heart, repent and seek God's help from a religious perspective. We all know that there will be trials and tribulations in life that we go through, but we don't know to what degree. You just deal with it when it comes. The hardships I experienced led me to start the giveaway gift. I want to give away free gifts to people for free and want nothing in return except for people to be kind to one another, have a big heart, and pay it forward with one act of kindness.

Life is too precious to invite negativity to yourself and to other people around you. Accept responsibility and accountability and stop trying to blame others or point fingers at other people. We should be united. I simply just want to point out that there is still kindness left in this world and the idea of starting “The Giveaway Gift” on my website is to try and bring people together in a different way. I want to practice the gift of giving. I believe that we can make a difference by doing one act of kindness to people. I want nothing in return except to encourage people to be kind to one another, have a big heart, and pay it forward. I wish I could help everyone in the world in an instant but that would be impossible. But with your help, perhaps we can achieve the impossible, one act of kindness at a time. :)